Whistler’s mayor and council are set to hear the results of a long-awaited childcare planning project at the August 18 council meeting.
The report details the current state of childcare in Whistler, projected needs under three different scenarios (decline, flat and growth), and action items for the future.
“In particular, the Whistler Child Care Project Action Plan presents 29 prioritized actions and a few non-prioritized actions,” reads a report to council.
“The actions focus on two key areas of greatest need and the largest service gaps in Whistler: after-school care for school-age children; and full-time, facility-based group care for children 0 to 3 years of age.”
The action items consider things like removing barriers for after-school home care programs, reviewing existing Whistler facilities for possible use as childcare spaces, developing a recruitment campaign for retired community members and exploring ways to offer early childhood education locally (to list just a few).
Find the full council agenda (and a link to tune in live over Zoom) at www.whistler.ca/municipal-gov/council/meeting-agendas-and-minutes.
Pick up Thursday’s Pique for more from council.
